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US Department of Defense Adds BGI Genomics to Blacklist of 'Chinese Military Companies'

Companies placed on the list last year were banned from investment opportunities in the US by an executive order signed by President Joe Biden.

Qiagen Wins $3.4M US DOD Contract for COVID-19 PCR Test Production

The contract will support increased production capacity for COVID-19 tests to be used on the company's NeuMoDx 96 and 288 integrated PCR testing systems.

Qiagen Gets $600K From US DoD to Ramp up COVID-19 Test Kit, Reagent Manufacturing

The funds will be used to expand manufacturing capacity of enzymatic reagents and reagent kits at Qiagen's Beverly, Massachusetts, location.

Renalytix AI Lands US Government Contract for Kidney Disease Test

The firm said that the contract covers early-stage kidney disease testing that can be provided by more than 140 US government departments, agencies, and affiliates.

DARPA Programs Leveraging Host-Response Testing, CRISPR for Future Pandemic Preparedness
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DARPA program managers said they are developing different testing modalities that are crucially linked in their objective to facilitate more comprehensive and faster testing.

Feb 17, 2021

Biden Administration Will Provide $1.6B to Improve COVID-19 Testing and Sequencing

Feb 12, 2021

Federal Agencies Collaborate to Solicit Proposals for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Supply Chain Scale-up

Feb 11, 2021

Cue Health Ramping Up COVID-19 Test Production Following Positive Mayo Clinic Study, DoD Funding
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Dec 29, 2020

Cepheid Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for US Department of Defense Coronavirus Test

Oct 13, 2020

Cue Health Receives $481M From DoD to Expand COVID-19 Testing Capacity

Jul 28, 2020

HHS, DoD Award $7.6M to Hologic to Boost Production of Coronavirus Testing Consumables

Nov 4, 2019

Ovarian Cancer Omics Consortium Receives $500K DoD Grant for Early Detection Biomarker Discovery

Sep 26, 2019

Sherlock Biosciences Lands $2M DOD Contract to Develop Rapid Diagnostics

Sep 13, 2019

BARDA Contract Win, Unprecedented CMS Incentive Expected to Catalyze T2 Biosystems Growth
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Jul 11, 2019

APOLLO Project Launching Prospective Proteogenomic Trial, Expanding Cancer Analyses
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Jun 19, 2018

US Department of Defense Awards GeneCapture $1M Contract

Oct 31, 2017

DoD Awards $10M to Consortium to ID New TB Drug Targets

Oct 19, 2017

US Air Force Studying Impact of Exome Sequencing in Routine Care

Oct 19, 2017

Air Force Sequencing Study to Inform Broader Genomic Medicine Implementation Among Service Members
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Jul 13, 2017

Berg, DoD Using AI Platform to Ready Diagnostic Test for Prostate Cancer
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Apr 19, 2017

MeMed Awarded $9.2M DoD Contract

Mar 6, 2017

Jackson Lab Wins DoD Grant to Develop Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Classification Method

Jan 4, 2017

GenomeWeb Index Falls 3 Percent in 2016; Genmark Leads Gainers as PacBio Drops

Dec 14, 2016

Parabon NanoLabs Using DoD Contract to Develop Software to Streamline Forensic DNA Analysis
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Oct 17, 2016

Exact Sciences Gets Coverage from DoD for Cologuard Screening Test

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Genes Linked to White-Tailed Jackrabbits' Winter Coat Color Change

Climate change, the researchers noted in Science, may lead to camouflage mismatch and increase predation of white-tailed jackrabbits.

Adenine Base Editor Targets SCID Mutation in New Study

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, report in Cell that adenine base editing was able to produce functional T lymphocytes in a model of severe combined immune deficiency.

Researchers Find Gene Affecting Alkaline Sensitivity in Plants

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science have found a locus affecting alkaline-salinity sensitivity, which could aid in efforts to improve crop productivity, as they report in Science.

International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.